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4 works, including BORODIN: Symphony #2 in B Minor. Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis.
- Added: Apr 23, 2024
- Length: 57:00
Black History Special
A one-hour program of jazz music, exploring the connection between jazz and civil rights in 20th-century America.
Bought by KALW, WLRH, Morehead State Public Radio, KLCC, KIOS-FM Omaha Public Radio and more
- Added: Jan 31, 2022
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 16
An hour-long jazz special:
It was a year of raised hopes and devastating tragedy, and the world of jazz continued to reflect both the growing uneas...
Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WWNO, WRGY, Troy Public Radio, KAAD-LP and more
- Added: Jan 02, 2022
- Length: 59:01
- Purchases: 24
This time, we profile the March 1932 recording sessions held by Vocalion in New York City, as the nation was in the grips of the Great Depression.
- Added: Aug 30, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Rocket 88,” by Jackie Brenston — widely considered to be one of the archetypal records of rock ‘n’ roll.
- Added: Aug 28, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Baby Scratch My Back” by Slim Harpo — the only number one hit on the Excello label during its 23 year run.
- Added: Aug 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile “Key to the Highway” — one of the enduring classics of the blues, first recorded by pianist Charlie Segar in 1940.
Bought by KLCC
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 1
This time, we profile Stick McGhee’s 1949 anthem to good times and cheap booze — a big hit that saved a fledgling Atlantic Records from bankruptcy.
- Added: Aug 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile B.B. King, who hit the number one spot on the Billboard R&B charts with “Three O’Clock Blues,” this week in 1952.
- Added: Aug 18, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Guitar Slim, who — much to everyone’s surprise — hit the top of the R&B charts with “The Things That I Used To Do,” in 1954.
- Added: Jul 26, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with “Homesick” James Williamson and Johnny Shines.
- Added: Jul 21, 2018
- Length: 03:29
January 1953 was a busy month for recording in Chicago, involving sessions, this week, with Elmore James, Arthur Spires, and Johnny Williams.
- Added: Jul 17, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile “Open the Door, Richard” — a 1947 novelty record that quickly embedded itself into the American consciousness.
- Added: May 15, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile Son House and B.B. King, who both made historic live appearances in Chicago the Saturday night before Thanksgiving, 1964.
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time we profile James “Beale Street” Clark — barely a footnote in blues history — who recorded an enduring classic, this week in 1945.
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 03:29
HOUR ONE: "Hip Hop Future" - "Straight Outta Compton" turns 30 this year and hip hop has more influence than ever. What will it change next? HOUR...
- Added: Apr 12, 2018
- Length: 01:58:59
This time, we profile Windy City keyboard legend Little Johnny Jones, who was in the studio with Muddy Waters and Leroy Foster in 1949.
- Added: Apr 07, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, who recorded an iconic slice of down home blues, "That's All Right," this week in 1946.
- Added: Apr 04, 2018
- Length: 03:29
This time, we profile Mississippi guitarist Tommy Johnson, who cut one of the prophetic masterpieces of the blues, this week in 1928.
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 03:29
Afrika Bambaataa's vinyl archive was on display for one month in New York City.
- Added: Aug 22, 2013
- Length: 12:04
- Purchases: 2
A recent classical music piece was inspired by the poetry written by children in Birmingham, AL, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KRPS, WNMU-FM, and 90.5 WSNC
- Added: Dec 05, 2011
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
Some lovely pieces of music and some not-so-lovely pieces of history.
- Added: Feb 24, 2011
- Length: 29:00
A musical portrait that explores the Jazz great's overlooked Southern roots.
Bought by WTJU, WNCU, KFAI Minneapolis, 90.5 WSNC, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more
- Added: Nov 19, 2007
- Length: 08:05
- Purchases: 6
